Called to bring Your love, Your fire everywhere. Celebrating Jubilee 2023

Religious women throughout the world celebrate their commitment milestones annually be it 25 years, 40 years, 50 years, 60 years and all decades even through 80 years of daily commitment to their call.  Religious life has changed during those years, but the commitment to live the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience has brought only …

Benedictines Election of Prioress and Other News

The Benedictine Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas, joyfully announce that on June 11, 2023, they elected Sister Mary Elizabeth Schweiger, OSB, as the 13th prioress in their 160 year history. A native of Lenexa, Kansas, Sister Mary Elizabeth entered the monastery in 1963. She received her bachelor’s degree from Mount St. Scholastica …

A Grace-filled Life Leads to Ministry of Companioning

by Sister Annie Loendorf, SCL “How did the Rose Ever open its heart And give to the world All its beauty?It felt the ENCOURAGEMENT OF LIGHT!”  (Persian Mystic Hafez) Reflecting on my 57 years as an SCL, there is a continual grace that has been present in every ministry I’ve been engaged in that shows …

Reflection on the Kansas State Legislative Session

Kansas state legislators have wrapped things up in Topeka, and below, you will find a reflection on the 2023 Kansas State Legislative Session written by John Shively, Lead Coordinator of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Office of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (JPIC). John’s reflection talks about some of the common trends noticed …

OSB Graduates from Master’s Program

Sr. Elizabeth Carrillo, OSB  received her MA in religion and the environment from the School of Theology at the University of the South School in Sewanee, Tennessee on Friday, May 12. She began her studies in 2019, however the pandemic interrupted her two year program. Her studies explored the interface of theology and the environment. 

CSOK Visit Salina Parish

Pictured:  Nine of the eleven Sisters from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth who joined to greet St. Mary’s parishioners at Mass. Members of CSKO, Catholic Sisters of Kansas, visited St. Mary’s (St. Mary Queen of the Universe), Salina, Kansas on Sunday, May 7. The SCLs ministered …

CSJ Motherhouse Brings Back Discover Camp for 2023

After a 3-year break due to Covid restrictions, summer camp returns Sisters of St. Joseph, in Concordia, has made the decision to bring back their summer camp for girls. Discover Camp is geared toward girls entering sixth, seventh and eighth grades to play, pray and do ministry together. Registration is open for 30 Catholic girls …

SCLs and Associates Celebrate 35 Years of Collaboration

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth On Friday, March 24, a Mass was celebrated in Ross Chapel at the SCL motherhousefor the 35th Anniversary of the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Associates (SCLA).Prior to the Mass, and after, the motherhouse hallways rang with joyous reunions, sincemany associates had not seen the Sisters since before COVID. For …

Administrators visit Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Campus

Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth As Catholic Sisters Week came to a close in March, members of the Cristo Rey Kansas City (CRKC) administrative team visited the SCL campus to join the Mother House and Ross Hall Sisters for Mass. They brought roses and bookmarks made by the students to celebrate our Sisters and thank …